The prevention and controlling of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) are crucial to ending extreme poverty in the country in the next two decades, the Volta Regional Director of Health, Dr Chrysantus ...

Oyo State Government said that in 2024, at least 2.65 million children received free, safe, and cost-effective medicines to control worms transmitted ...

Niger became the first African country to eliminate the parasitic infection onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, and the fifth worldwide, according to World Health Organisation (WHO).

Schistosomiasis is a chronic and debilitating tropical parasitic ... Adult schistosomes: Adult schistosome worms inhabit small veins next to the intestine or the bladder. Schistosome eggs: The worms ...

For example, chronic schistosomiasis and heavy hookworm infections may lead to blood in the urine or stool. A severe whipworm infection can cause frequent, painful bowel movements of mucus, water, and ...

Open Defacation rate declined from 16.2 per cent in 2003 to 7 per cent in 2022,  the country remains among 36 countries still ...

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Parasitology is the scientific discipline concerned with the study of the biology of parasites and parasitic diseases, including the distribution, biochemistry, physiology, molecular biology ...

Schistosomiasis, also known as bilharzia, remains a significant public health challenge in Ghana, affecting millions of people, particularly school-aged children. Dr. Enoch Mensah Boateng, a renowned ...